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Capnocytophaga bacteremia complicating premature delivery by cesarean section

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A case of endomyometritis associated withCapnocytophaga ochracea bacteremia following premature delivery is described. The patient, a 30 year old woman without immunological incompetence or other predisposing disease, responded to peroral pivmecillinam.Capnocytophaga spp. should be considered a possible cause of post-partum endometritis.

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Paerregaard, A., Gutschik, E. Capnocytophaga bacteremia complicating premature delivery by cesarean section. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 6, 580–581 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02014253

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